Shoreabstracted forms in her 1920s work, and after 1930 culminated in the textured, detailed and almost tactile drawings produced in Carmel, California. This thesis focuses on the impact that Carmel had on her personal and artistic life. A detailed analysis of Shorenterey Peninsula establishes the connection between her extended visual narrative of the locale and the tradition of written ecocentric narratives. I will consider the Theosophical and transcendental ideas that Shore expressed in her work and relate them to Lawrence Buellsubtleties of such a narrative and the process of its creation, the present analysis will further our understanding of Shoreinsula. More than merely depicting a peculiar landscape, Shorewith current literary and philosophical trends, while simultaneously creating an intimate reflection of the artist